Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Board gives developer OK for four new homes
BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON – The Planning Board recently approved an application for four single-family homes on the western corner of Ethel and New Brooklyn roads. The applicant, Fourth MPPL Realty Co., proposes to subdivide a 1.35-acre rectangular lot into four conforming lots. A two-and-a-half story, single-family home is…
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Train noise making life in Sewaren unbearable
Residents present petition; officials pledge to do what they can BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE – Some Sewaren residents are fed up with what they describe as earth-shattering noise from the coupling and uncoupling of nearby Motiva Refinery rail cars. The noise often leaves them sleepless. “The trains screech, clash…
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New bank to replace ‘ugliest site’ in town
BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON – The Planning Board recently approved an application for a new bank building at the northwest corner of Plainfield Avenue and Route 27. “This is possibly the ugliest site in Edison right now, and we have the opportunity to make a difference in what the…
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Zoners approve Heller’s bid for 85-foot sign
BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON – The Zoning Board has approved an application for an electronic sign that is 70 feet higher than allowed by the township ordinance. Board members voted 5-to-2 to approve Heller Industrial Park’s application for an 85-foot electronic sign on its property near the New Jersey…
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Area man charged in assault with beer bottle
BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON – A New Brunswick man is in jail after police said he struck another man in the face with a beer bottle during a late-night brawl at the Skylark Diner. James Deloatch, 33, of New Brunswick, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault at 3:05…
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Murder-suicide rocks peaceful neighborhood
Husband apparently killed wife, then hung himself, authorities say BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer JAY BODAS Investigators from the Edison Police Department enter an Agatha Drive home on Friday. The house was the scene of a murder-suicide the morning before. Family and friends are still reeling from the apparent murder-suicide of…
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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Bern Bransfield, vice president of Friends of the Metuchen Library, examines the back of a very old herbal book that sat in the Grimstead room for a long time before being rediscovered recently. For story, see page 3.
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School Halloween parade changes in store
School officials cite security concerns; parents blast decision BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer Parents are upset with Metuchen school officials’ plans to ban their attendance at the traditional Oct. 31 Halloween parade at the Campbell Elementary School and move the event indoors. Superintendent of Schools Theresa Sinatra said the current climate…
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Take two nightshades. Call me in the morning
Rare medicinal herb book found in public library BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer A copy of John Gerard’s ‘Herball or General History of Plantes’ was rediscovered recently in the Grimstead room of the Metuchen public library. Looking for a remedy for those nasty pestilential apostems? Something to draw out…
